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Zane
| Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 12:03 pm: |
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Turns out that Elizabeth Warren has a "connection" to Carlos Bustamante, the geneticist who did her DNA testing. Does anyone beside me think her "testing" might be questionable? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/e lizabeth-warrens-ex-husband-founded-dna-testing-co mpany |
Ducbsa
| Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 12:30 pm: |
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Some background: https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/310973/ |
Hootowl
| Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 03:13 pm: |
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Believe survivors https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-police-chief -cleared-reinstated-after-no-probable-cause-found- over-sexual-assault-allegations |
Zac4mac
| Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 10:32 pm: |
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No, believe in the rule of law. Innocent until PROVEN guilty. Z |
Ducbsa
| Posted on Friday, October 26, 2018 - 08:59 am: |
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https://amgreatness.com/2018/10/25/trumps-foreign- policy-is-coming-into-focus/ |
Ebutch
| Posted on Friday, October 26, 2018 - 05:45 pm: |
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Aesquire
| Posted on Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 05:16 pm: |
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/27/at-l east-seven-dead-and-officers-shot-in-saturday-morn ing-attack-on-pittsburgh-synagogue/ President Trump. "There must be no tolerance for anti-Semitism in America or for any form of religious or racial hatred or prejudice." Thank you, Mr. President. |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018 - 09:38 am: |
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Yet again, it is such a shame that our local and state laws, for the most part, prevent good citizens from being able to fight back. Prayers for those we lost. I hope and pray we find a way to end stuff like this. |
Crusty
| Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018 - 11:56 am: |
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Yet again, it is such a shame that our local and state laws, for the most part, prevent good citizens from being able to fight back. Not always: https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-mcdonalds-gunma n-killed-by-armed-dad-who-is-injured-in-shootout |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018 - 12:22 pm: |
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Agreed. "for the most part", like I said in my last post. That story just goes to show the effectiveness of responsibly-armed citizens, in locales smart enough to allow it. Although, it doesn't surprise me that it hasn't hit the news cycle, like the synagogue story has. Funny, that. |
Aesquire
| Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018 - 02:29 pm: |
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/trump haters_are_driving_support_for_trump_by_blaming_hi m_for_actions_of_a_trumphater.html nothing says "murder Jews" like moving the embassy to Jerusalem and ending the Iran deal. |
Aesquire
| Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018 - 03:12 pm: |
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/media _dont_get_it_about_trumps_rallies.html Packed arenas and jumbotrons in the parking lots. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/obama-can t-even-fill-small-las-vegas-pavilion-partition-add ed-to-make-crowd-size-look-larger-how-pathetic/ Same venue. https://www.dailywire.com/news/37485/crowd-size-ma tters-check-out-obamas-empty-seats-vs-james-barret t At this rate, Barry will have the entire crowd on stage behind him, and just cameras on the hall floor. The To be fair, he did overflow a 3500 seat school gym elsewhere. It's funny, searching Obama Crowd Size brought back the "scandal" of Trump boasting about the crowds at his inauguration. For all the insanity of Trump Derangement Syndrome ( remember Bush Derangement Syndrome? Pepperidge farm remembers. ) on the left, even die hard Trump fans have to admit he gives them legitimate reason to jump up and down and throw feces like Chimps, sometimes. The "can't rile up the press more than that!" " hold my beer" Donald Meme is absolutely, preciously, true. I'm still not ready to crown him king of 4D chess, but I'm envious of his ability to come up with bait. He has to spend a lot of time thinking "what will freak them out, next?" I wonder. .... Does he have a collaborator? Does he pick up the phone next to the can at 3 am. & ask for a good line? I imagine a writer in one of the closet sized offices in D.C. With a joint & Marlboro going in a smokeless ashtray 24/7. Or with modern communications, in a cabin near Aspen. Or maybe Donald just calls the front gate and gets the closest Treasury agent or Marine, "I need a zinger for Acosta." ...... " How about "alleged journalists" , Mr. President? "....." Perfect! Thank You, Corporal! Stay warm! "....... |
Strokizator
| Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018 - 06:52 pm: |
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According to the Detroit Free Press: "Standing before a crowd of several thousand people in Detroit Friday night, former President Barack Obama said [insert cliched rhetoric here] he told a crowd jammed into the gymnasium at Cass Technical High School". Wow, several thousand people. His next rally will have "countless" people there to see him. Obama couldn't draw flies, much less a crowd. |
Crusty
| Posted on Monday, October 29, 2018 - 08:07 pm: |
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I have to disagree. Here's a photo of a large crowd just waiting for him:
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Aesquire
| Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 12:56 am: |
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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/m onk_judge_sultan_and_president.html A historical perspective on Kavenaugh, taxes, and how nothing is really new. I see Mueller is now claiming sexual misconduct blackmail paid by a Trump guy. Like a mirror on the recent Supreme court circus. Unsubstantiated, blackmail. It's so convenient! Almost as good as a former Democrat living in a van with the Windows covered in shiny new anti CNN stickers. Who allegedly sent fake bombs to multiple Trump hating lefties just before an election. While the facts are not all available, yet, a few things are apparent ( but not proven ). None of the fake bombs was a functional bomb, or had actual explosives. Potentially dangerous "stuff".... Flour is potentially explosive. Some of the attached electronics, kitchen timers? Didn't have alarm or timer functions. Thus could not be used to set off a bomb. They were all fake. A shiny van with the Windows only covered in propaganda stickers? Stickers on glass are easy to remove. Someone wanted to easily sterilize the van. Was the paint even scratched? No one in Florida keyed a Trump billboard van? White vans like that are readily available used, all white, former rental vans. ( I know, I've been shopping ) But shiny nice ones are in the $15k range. Who bought it? When? When I've been a broke guy living in my van, the van was from my not broke days, paid for & rusty. Hmm. ( didn't last long, but I've been there ) So far, I've seen no evidence that this isn't a false flag operation paid for by someone. The family lawyer is vocal about setting up an incompetent/crazy defense..... And he's not the alleged bomber's lawyer. I wish I had confidence that the FBI is going to be thorough and competent. After more than 2 years of obstruction, lies, plots, perjury, and blatant disregard for ethics from the highest levels of the organization, I almost expect the alleged bomber will suicide in his cell. And that's crazy talk! ( but I wanted it on record, just in case. ) But, all the above could be wrong, it could be a lone wolf attention seeker, who has "found a way" to get serial killer fame without the risk. |
Ducbsa
| Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2018 - 09:52 am: |
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Dingy Harry agrees https://hotair.com/archives/2018/10/30/harry-reid- insane-reward-illegal-immigrants-giving-children-b irthright-citizenship/ |
Sifo
| Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2018 - 11:02 am: |
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Dingy Harry agrees Before he disagreed. I read a piece claiming that his wife immediately pointed out that her parents were immigrants, and he immediately came to see that his statement was wrong. I really don't buy that explanation for a second though. Back then there wasn't the blurring we see now of legal/illegal immigration, and his comments were clearly dealing with illegal immigration. |
Ducbsa
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 06:47 am: |
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MAGA! https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/01/ener gy-department-says-u-s-is-now-worlds-top-oil-produ cer/ |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 09:38 am: |
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...so why are pump prices still so high...?
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Mnscrounger
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 10:21 am: |
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Ratbuell: I think we all know the answer to that one.... Market forces, prices are higher because were still buying it. |
Aesquire
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 10:38 am: |
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If they were smart, they'd fill up the strategic oil reserve. Ostensibly for military use in a crisis, they dump some on the market when prices are too high to manipulate the price. ( been done multiple times ) Oil prices are high because several countries need it to be. Russia & Saudi Arabia, for example. By restricting exports, the price is kept up, despite U.S. production. It's a world market after all. China basically absorbs every drop they can get from Iran, ( they have a deal to support the Mullahs, and get a steady, discounted price, not market rate ) And buys what else it needs, which was increasing monthly. Curious what the numbers are during this trade war. From our perspective, we want prices to be high enough to support Arabia against Iran. But. That also aids Russia vs. Europe. Trump just pressured Merkel to buy U.S. Natural gas instead of funding a new Russian pipeline. Oil prices are complicated. |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 10:48 am: |
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I know...I was being rhetorical. I get all the economics, it just sucks when I have to fill up is all. Especially since most of what I use is diesel...which is what's left when they make unleaded, but it is still MORE expensive because it drives our shipping industries. At least I get 22mpg out of my 255k mile Cummins, and betwen 26-32 out of my Jeep...dollars a gallon is high, but dollars a mile are kept nice and reasonable. |
Hootowl
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 12:50 pm: |
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Prices are high because we are at peak refinery capacity. |
Hootowl
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 12:55 pm: |
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Diesel is more expensive than it used to be relative to gasoline because there isn’t a glut of it since they figured out how to employ catalysts to convert more oil per barrel into gasoline and less into diesel. |
Hughlysses
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 01:04 pm: |
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I’ve also read that the requirement for low sulfur content has driven up the price. The refinery processes used in the US that maximize gasoline production also concentrate sulfur in the diesel, necessitating supplemental processes to remove it. European refineries are designed to produce more diesel per gallon of crude and don’t concentrate the sulfur in the diesel fuel. |
Fireboltwillie
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 02:03 pm: |
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we are also probably using more diesel these days. there are quite a few more people driving diesel vehicles that in years past. |
Strokizator
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 05:07 pm: |
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If they were smart, they'd fill up the strategic oil reserve. I wonder if we've outgrown our need for it or at least it's not as "strategic" as it once was? We have such a large proven reserves now that it's unlikely OPEC can threaten us with embargoes as they could in the past. US daily production is over 11.5 million barrels per day. Granted, having over 700 million barrels (currently 400+ MB) ready to go is handy but it makes most sense to top it off when prices are low or to absorb temporary over-production without affecting the market price. Now I'm no T. Boone Pickens, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express three days ago. Oil is an interesting subject. |
Zac4mac
| Posted on Friday, November 02, 2018 - 10:03 pm: |
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I have a couple of very small shares in Texas fra cked wells.WHy did that get censored????? Enough that I get $5-600 a month, I like higher oil prices. Free money to me... Gas prices are more dependent on federal/state/local taxes than barrel price for oil. Filled up yesterday for $2.65 regular. Z |
Aesquire
| Posted on Saturday, November 03, 2018 - 12:22 am: |
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We have such a large proven reserves... Oil needing to be pumped//steamed/spell hounded/vaporized, out of the ground isn't oil, yet. Can't run a truck or a ship on a promissory note. You need stuff ready to process into jet fuel, in a tank, or better yet, jet fuel, in a tank, where you need it. the Strategic reserve has been used more for an economic weapon, in large part psychological, more than an actual reserve tank we tap to run the military... Presidents can lower the price of gasoline just by threatening to unlock the valves on the SPR. And... as you can see, it's actually used to solve temporary problems... Hard to believe. https://www.energy.gov/fe/services/petroleum-reser ves/strategic-petroleum-reserve/spr-quick-facts-an d-faqs I remember when Bill Clinton was telling everyone he was cutting the government, but not the military, ( he was lying, he expanded the civilian government bureaucracy, and cut the military ) and proudly announced he was going to eliminate 2 crazy, obsolete, WW2 subsidy programs. Mohair & Helium. There was a program to ensure that we'd have enough mohair to cover Jeep seats, and helium to fill our anti-submarine blimp fleet. I agreed on the jeep seats. I haven't heard of any problem with that, but, I admit, I don't buy mohair to make reproduction jeep seats. The price may have skyrocketed. Helium did. And unlike Mohair, where you can grow more, Helium is mined out of a diminishing limited geographic location, almost the whole planet's supply, from Texas. If you don't have the facility to store multiple airship loads.... like hundreds of airships, unfortunately paid for by the taxpayer, then the price? Fortunately, Congress has over ridden most of the damage done by Bill, but not eliminated it, Helium is Expensive. And it's all more complex that I just said. What isn't? https://www.energy.gov/fe/services/petroleum-reser ves/strategic-petroleum-reserve/spr-quick-facts-an d-faqs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_production_in _the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_storage_and_c onservation |
Strokizator
| Posted on Saturday, November 03, 2018 - 11:05 am: |
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Oil needing to be pumped/•••••••/steamed/spell hounded/vaporized, out of the ground isn't oil, yet. Can't run a truck or a ship on a promissory note. You need stuff ready to process into jet fuel, in a tank, or better yet, jet fuel, in a tank, where you need it. Except that the strategic oil reserve consists of crude oil, not refined product and still must be processed into fuel before it hits the retail market. It can be drawn down at a rate of 4.4 mb/d while total US refining capacity is about 19 mb/d. The oil reserve is located in the south while refineries are located throughout the country and easily serviced by existing crude oil pipelines from the production sites (there's a 36" line running from Coalinga, CA to the Richmond oil refinery in the SF Bay Area. Dig in that area and watch everyone get nervous). Russia can threaten Europe's oil supply and China is at the mercy of the Middle East but between the US, Canada and Mexico, we're sitting pretty good. |
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